אַרְבֶּה

אַרְבֶּה noun masculine^{2 Mos 10,19} a kind of locust (usually interpreted as the multitudinous, but Dl^{HWB 126 as} = Assyrian âribu, êribu, êribû, locust-swarm, from ארב devastate); — always absolute ׳(הָ)א; — usually collective locust-swarm, in simile of swarm of invaders Dom 6,5; Dom 7,12 often apparently the common species (|| other species, compare לְמִינוֺ 3 Mos 11,22): Jer 46,23; Nah 3,15 (simile of multitude; || יֶלֶק); as destructive 2 Mos 10,4; 2 Mos 10,12; 2 Mos 10,13; 2 Mos 10,14 (twice in verse); 2 Mos 10,19a (all J), Sl 105,34 (|| יֶלֶק), 5 Mos 28,38 (verb תסל), 1 Kong 8,37 = 2 Kron 6,28; Sl 78,46 (all + תָסִיל), Joel 1,4 (twice in verse) (|| גָּזָם, יֶלָק, חָסִיל), Joel 2,25 (|| id.); as disappearing suddenly (simile) Nah 3,17 (|| גּוֺב גּוֺבַי); as edible 3 Mos 11,22 (H; || סָלְעָם, חִרְגֹּל, חָגָב); as well organized Ord 30,27 (compare Joel 2,7; Joel 2,8); of single locust, אֶחָד ׳א 2 Mos 10,19b (J), as leaping (simile) Job 39,20, as shaken out of garment (simile) Sl 109,23 (see II. נָעַר). — compare Dr^{Joel 82 ff}.